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100 unusual facts about Austria


1940 Coupe de France Final

Both teams contained a number of naturalised players in their squads, Paris with five: goalkeeper Hiden, midfielder Jordan and centre forward Hiltl of Austria; and wingers Mathé and Weiskopf from Hungary.

1980 Dominican Embassy siege in Bogotá

The hostages included the Papal nuncio to Colombia, Angelo Acerbi, as well as the ambassadors from fourteen countries: Austria, Brazil, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Israel, Mexico, Switzerland, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Allerheiligen bei Wildon

Allerheiligen bei Wildon is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Altenmarkt bei Fürstenfeld

Altenmarkt bei Fürstenfeld is a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria.

Amering

Amering is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Austria's Next Topmodel

The show had a spin-off called Die Model WG where six of the girls once again moved together and were filmed over ten weeks in their second attempt at a breakthrough in the modelling business.

Bärnkopf

Bärnkopf is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Battle of Leobersdorf

When Kasim Bey was informed of the retreat of the Ottoman main Army, he gathered his raiders in Pottenstein to link up with the main army.

Baumgartenberg

Baumgartenberg is a municipality in the district Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Berthold II, Count of Andechs

When his daughter Kunigunde entered Admont Abbey, he donated 15 oxgangs of land in Moosburg to the abbey.

Breitenfeld an der Rittschein

Breitenfeld an der Rittschein is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Chochołów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

It became known as the place of Chochołów uprising of 1846 (Powstanie chochołowskie) against the rule of Austria-Hungary.

Desselbrunn

Desselbrunn is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Dienersdorf

Dienersdorf is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Eggersdorf bei Graz

Eggersdorf bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Ehenbichl

Ehenbichl is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Eichenberg

Eichenberg, Austria, a municipality in the district of Bregenz in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria

Elbigenalp

Elbigenalp is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Fladnitz im Raabtal

Fladnitz im Raabtal is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Gampern

Gampern is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Grabersdorf

Grabersdorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Grafenschlag

Grafenschlag is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Gramais

Gramais is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Grein

Grein, Austria, a municipality in the district Perg in Upper Austria

Greinbach

Greinbach is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Griffen

Griffen, Austria, a town in the district of Völkermarkt in Carinthia

Gutenbrunn

Gutenbrunn is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Hafning bei Trofaiach

Hafning bei Trofaiach is a village and a former municipality in the district of Leoben in Styria, Austria.

Haiming, Tyrol

Haiming is a municipality in the district of Imst in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Heinrich Gomperz

Heinrich Gomperz (January 18, 1873, Vienna, Austria-Hungary – December 27, 1942, Los Angeles, California) was an Austrian philosopher.

Hof bei Straden

Hof bei Straden is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria.

Jeging

Jeging is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Johnsdorf-Brunn

Johnsdorf-Brunn is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria.

Kaibing

Kaibing is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Kapfenstein

Kapfenstein is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

King in Prussia

They were victorious over the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in the three Silesian Wars, greatly increasing their power through the acquisition of Silesia.

Kleinreifling

Kleinreifling is a village in the district of Steyr-Land in Upper Austria, Austria.

Krusdorf

Krusdorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Langen bei Bregenz

Langen bei Bregenz is a municipality in the district of Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria.

Lend

Lend, Austria, a town in the district of Zell am See in the state of Salzburg

Lincoln Village, Milwaukee

The stained glass windows, imported from Innsbruck, Austria portray Polish as well as traditional Biblical themes.

Loosdorf

Around 1574 Hans Wilhem of Losenstein, who lived on the nearby castle Schallaburg, opened a school in Loosdorf, called 'die Hohe Schule' ('the High School').

One of its historical buildings is the Hohe Schule (translation: the high school), the first school in Central Europe with a written curriculum, founded in 1574 by the Austrian nobleman Hans Wilhelm von Losenstein (translated: "John William of Losenstein"), the lord of the nearby castle Schallaburg.

Luftenberg an der Donau

Luftenberg an der Donau is a municipality in the district of Perg in Austria.

Maierdorf

Maierdorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Media of Austria

Austria was the second last European country (Albania was the last one) when it officially allowed other TV stations in 2003.

Mitterkirchen im Machland

Mitterkirchen im Machland is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Mitterlabill

Mitterlabill is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Nikolaus Newerkla

Nikolaus Philipp Newerkla (born 1974 in Horn, Austria) is a harpsichordist, arranger and conductor.

Oberlienz

Oberlienz is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Obertilliach

Obertilliach is a municipality in the district of Lienz in Tyrol in Austria.

Oberweg

Oberweg is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Pabneukirchen

Pabneukirchen is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Pertlstein

Pertlstein is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Pfaffing, Austria

Pfaffing is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Pinzgauer Cattle

In Austria in 1995 there were 53,874 animals, 9,883 of which were registered in stud books.

Pistorf

Pistorf is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Pöllauberg

Pöllauberg is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Poppendorf, Styria

Poppendorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Pottenstein

Pottenstein, Austria, a town in the district of Baden in Lower Austria

Pühret

Pühret is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Raabau

Raabau is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Raffelstetten customs regulations

The document takes its name from Raffelstetten, a toll-bar on the Danube, a few kilometers downstream from Linz (it is now part of the town of Asten in Austria).

Ralph Hitz

Born in Vienna, Austria, on March 1, 1891, Hitz ran away from home three days after his family arrived in New York in 1906.

Rohrbach-Steinberg

Rohrbach-Steinberg is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Rosenau am Hengstpaß

Rosenau am Hengstpaß is a municipality in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems in Upper Austria, Austria.

Röthelstein

Röthelstein is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Rutzenham

Rutzenham is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Saifen-Boden

Saifen-Boden is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Anna am Lavantegg

Sankt Anna am Lavantegg is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Jakob in Haus

Sankt Jakob in Haus is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 13.60 km northeast of Kitzbühel as well as 2.50 km above Fieberbrunn.

Sankt Johann im Saggautal

Sankt Johann im Saggautal is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Johann in der Haide

Sankt Johann in der Haide is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth

Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Peter-Freienstein

Sankt Peter-Freienstein is a municipality in the district of Leoben in Austrian state of Styria.

Schlag bei Thalberg

Schlag bei Thalberg is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Schweiggers

Schweiggers is a municipality in the district of Zwettl, in Lower Austria, Austria.

Shitterton

The hamlet's name has resulted in its sign repeatedly being stolen (a fate similar to that of Fucking, Austria), requiring costly replacements to be acquired each time, to the increasing reluctance of the local council.

Somnium Obmutum

Somnium Obmutum is the first album from the Austrian metal band Estatic Fear.

Sonntag, Austria

Sonntag is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Stallehr

Stallehr is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Stanz im Mürztal

Stanz im Mürztal is a municipality in the district of Mürzzuschlag in Styria, Austria.

Stiwoll

Stiwoll is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Teufenbach

Teufenbach is a municipality in the district of Murau in the Austrian state of Styria.

Tillmitsch

Tillmitsch is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Traunstein, Austria

Traunstein is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Unterauersbach

Unterauersbach is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Victor Conrad

This took place in the form of the Conrad Observatory for Seismology, situated about 50 km from Vienna near Gutenstein.

Vorderhornbach

Vorderhornbach is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Vornholz

Vornholz is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Wängle

Wängle is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Weinitzen

Weinitzen is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Wenigzell

Wenigzell is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Werndorf

Werndorf is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Wienerwald

Wienerwald, Austria, a town in Bezirk Mödling, Lower Austria, Austria

Windhaag bei Perg

Windhaag bei Perg is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Winzendorf-Muthmannsdorf

Winzendorf-Muthmannsdorf is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Wörth an der Lafnitz

Wörth an der Lafnitz is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Zell am Moos

Zell am Moos is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Zerlach

Zerlach is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.


1930 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1930 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between January 30 and February 10, 1930 in Chamonix, France, Vienna, Austria, and Berlin, Germany.

Alphonse de Châteaubriant

In 1945 he fled to Austria, where he lived under the alias Dr. Alfred Wolf until his death at a monastery in Kitzbühel.

Anna Heringer

She studied architecture at the University of Arts and Industrial Design in Linz, Austria, graduating in 2004.

Big Two-Hearted River

In January 1925, while wintering in Schruns, Austria, waiting for a response from query letters written to friends and publishers in America, Hemingway submitted the story to be published in his friend Ernest Walsh's newly established literary magazine This Quarter.

Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel

Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Clunia, Austria

Clunia is the name of an ancient Roman city that is situated in Feldkirch (Vorarlberg, Austria) and indicated on the Tabula Peutingeriana.

CroisiEurope

In France, CroisiEurope sail on the Seine, the Rhône, the Saône, the Gironde, the Meuse, and the Rhine; in Italy, on the Po; in Spain, on the Guadalquivir; in Portugal, on the Guadiana and the Douro; in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, on the Rhine; in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, and Romania, on the Danube; and in Germany, on the Havel and the Oder.

Daria Dmitrieva

The head coach of Russia, President of the Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics, Irina Viner said the question of participation in the Olympics remained open and would be resolved only after the June Grand Prix in Austria and the World Cup in Belarus in July.

Einen Jux will er sich machen

Einen Jux will er sich machen (1842) (He Will Go on a Spree or He'll Have Himself a Good Time), is a three-act musical play, designated as a Posse mit Gesang, by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 10 March 1842.

Energy in Austria

According to Austrian Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich Austria has a target of 34% renewable energy by 2020 and 100% self-sufficiency in energy by 2050.

Felix Pollaczek

Félix Pollaczek (1 December 1892 in Vienna – 29 April 1981 at Boulogne-Billancourt) was an Austrian-French engineer and mathematician, known for numerous contributions to number theory, mathematical analysis, mathematical physics and probability theory.

Francis Dhomont

Dhomont's work has won many international awards including at the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (France), the Magisterium Prize in 1988, Prix Ars Electronica in 1992 (Linz, Austria) and others.

Genevieve Woo

Woo owns Vintage Bunny, an online jewellery store specialising in modern handmade and authentic vintage jewellery, created using natural stones, pearls, Balinese silver and Austrian crystals.

Global Marshall Plan Initiative

Supporters of the initiative include Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Hubert Weinzierl (BUND), Rita Süssmuth, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Franz Josef Radermacher, Jakob von Uexküll, Ulrich Martin Drescher, Renée Ernst, Sandra Maischberger (all from Germany), Josef Riegler, Franz Fischler (Austria), Prince El Hassan bin Talal (Jordan), Vandana Shiva (India), Jane Goodall (UK) and approximately 5000 supporters from Germany and Austria.

Horšovský Týn

After the death of Louis II of Hungary at the Battle of Mohács in 1526, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria became King of Bohemia and the country became a constituent state of the Habsburg Monarchy to 1918.

House of Diehl

They are best known for their rock'n'roll-style live fashion performance, called Instant Couture, with which they've supported Sonic Youth, and staged events at New York Fashion Week; at the Life Ball in Vienna, Austria.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

Kaiser-Walzer

The waltz was originally titled Hand in Hand and was intended as a toast made in August of that year by Austrian emperor Franz Josef on the occasion of his visit to the German Kaiser Wilhelm II where it was symbolic as a 'toast of friendship' extended by Austria to Germany.

Kiki Fatmala

She married Christian Froeschel in Zwettl, Austria on 14 August 2004 and already registered in Registry Office, Jakarta.

Kirchschlag

Kirchschlag bei Linz, a municipality in the district Urfahr-Umgebung, Upper Austria

Krems

Krems, Carinthia, a small municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia in Austria

Langkampfen

Langkampfen is a municipality in the middle of the Austrian state of Tyrol between Kufstein (8 km southwest below) and Wörgl (8 km north above).

Louis Adolf Gölsdorf

Louis Adolf Gölsdorf was born in Plaue, Austria, on 16 February 1837 and educated in Chemnitz and Dresden in neighbouring Germany at various technical schools before taking up technical work for the Leipzig-Dresden Railway.

Lovetune for Vacuum

Lovetune for Vacuum is the debut album by Austrian musical project Soap&Skin, released in 2009 on Play It Again Sam Records.

Marie Henrieta Chotek

Only a few days after the closure of the congress, on June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary's crownprince and his wife Sophie (Marie Henrieta's cousin) were Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Saraevo.

Mariyka Pidhiryanka

After Austria-Hungary collapsed, Pidhiryanka remained in exile across the Carpathians from war-torn Galicia, where the West Ukrainian People's Republic was defeated by the Poles, who then fought off the Bolsheviks and annexed the territory.

Martin Grasegger

Martin Grasegger (born 10 January 1989) is an Austrian professional association football player currently playing for FC Pasching.

Mate Boban

Boban met with Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadžić during May 1992 in Graz, Austria where they agreed on mutual cooperation in the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina that became known as the Graz agreement (the pair met again on 2 September 1993 in Montenegro in order to coordinate their actions after the Bosniaks rejected the Vance-Owen peace plan).

Matthias Abele

Matthias Abele von und zu Lilienberg (17 February, 1618 – 14 November, 1677) brother of Christoph Ignaz Abele, was a mine official and jurist in Steyer, Austria.

Matzendorf-Hölles

Matzendorf-Hölles is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Norway in 1814

He learned that Prussia and Austria were waning in their support of Sweden's claims to Norway, that Tsar Alexander I of Russia (a distant cousin of Christian Frederik's) favored a Swedish-Norwegian union but not with Bernadotte as the king, and that the United Kingdom was looking for a solution to the problem that would keep Norway out of Russia's influence.

Opinions on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

A number of Muslim commentators, including Ehsan Ahrari of the Asia Times, have pointed at laws in Germany, France, Austria, and seven other countries in Europe which explicitly regard the denial of the Holocaust as a crime, free speech considerations notwithstanding.

Order of St. Andrew

He witnessed first hand the awards ceremonies for England's Order of the Garter and Austria's Order of the Golden Fleece and noticed the loyalty and pride of the awardees.

Periclase

In addition to its type locality, it is reported from Predazzo, Tyrol, Austria; Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland; Broadford, Skye and the island of Muck, Scotland; León, Spain; the Bellerberg volcano, Eifel district, Germany; Nordmark and Långban, Varmland, Sweden; and Kopeysk, southern Ural Mountains, Russia.

Peter Glassen

Born in Szeged, Hungary (then the Austro-Hungarian Empire) on October 19, 1920, Glassen emigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1929, residing on Gladstone Avenue in the city's west end.

Pfänder

The Pfänder is a mountain in western Austria close to Lake Constance (Bodensee).

Railroad cutoff

The building of a high-speed line to replace a lower-speed line is another possibility; one example of this is the New Lower Inn Valley railway in Austria.

René Schicker

René Schicker (born 28 September 1984) is an Austrian footballer who plays for Admira Wacker in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Ron Powers

In addition to writing, Powers has taught for the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Salzburg Seminar in Salzburg, Austria, and at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont.

Schlag

Schlag bei Thalberg, a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria

Siegersdorf bei Herberstein

Siegersdorf bei Herberstein is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Third Partition of Poland

These Polish nationalists participated in uprisings against Austria, Prussia, and Russia in former Polish lands, and many would serve France as part of Napoleon’s armies.

Tomas Vu

In his 2000 installation, Hamburger Hill, at Hotel Pupik in Schrattenberg, Austria, Vu constructed a recreation of the Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam.

Tov

Treaty of Versailles (1756), a defense alliance treaty between France and Austria; see Diplomatic Revolution

Trautmannsdorf in Oststeiermark

Trautmannsdorf in Oststeiermark is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Werner Jäger

Werner Jäger (born September 3, 1959) is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

Wimmersperg Spz

The gun was designed by Heinrich von Wimmersperg of Austria, who after World War II, moved to Detroit, USA.